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Roger Federer eased into the third round at Wimbledon with a comfortable 6-3 7-5 6-3 win over Gilles Muller on Centre Court.

The fourth seed wrapped up the win in one hour and 34 minutes, with the
Centre Court roof coming out during the second set with play briefly
suspended due to rain.

The Swiss fired 25 aces, 44 winners and committed just five unforced errors. In a
near-faultless serving display, he won 91 per cent of points on his
first serve and did not face a break point.

"It was a real serving contest out there," said Federer. "I'm happy I
made it because the second set was tough with the rain delay. I was
happy to break him at 6-5 because I wasn't having many looks in on his
serve.

"It's only been my second match, and it was a totally different opponent, a big lefty coming to the net.

"Against a player like this you're more dependent on the serve and
return and first couple of shots, so it doesn't change much against a
player like him," said Federer of the closed roof. "Today I thought it
was cooler with the roof open, and then footing and tactics, I didn't
change anything from before and after.

"It's nice for the confidence, but on a different day it's a different
opponent. Maybe next round I might not serve that many first serves or
aces, so it is nice to get those aces and those wins like that, but I've
got to keep working hard and trying to be consistent."

Federer made the breakthrough in the fifth game of the first set, a chip
return setting up the pass which Muller could only blast into the net.

A second break, this one in the ninth game, handed Federer the first set after just 24 minutes on Centre Court.

It took Muller until the fifth game of the second set to win a point on
Federer's first serve, but the seven-time champion was undeterred and
held for a 3-2 lead.

Play was then suspended with Federer 4-3 up in the second while the roof
was extended over Centre Court. After play had resumed, Federer pounced
at 6-5 with another break to take the second set after Muller found the
net again.

Federer broke again for 3-1 before closing out the victory, after which
he confirmed he was fine following a nasty-looking slip in the third
game of the third set.

"Everything was OK," he added. "I didn't think I was going to go down. I
thought Gilles would go down the line. It is slippery coming forward, that's where the grass is still green but I'm happy that I'm OK."

Every time the Swiss has played the Luxembourger lefty he has
settled the ledger without the loss of a set. Each time - Indian Wells
(2005), Bangkok (2005) and the US Open (2008) – he has gone on to win
the title.

"Oh, really? Ohh. Are you sure?" Federer asked, with a laugh, when told
during the post-match press conference. "I'll go check it out. I'm happy
to hear that.

"I'm very happy with the match today because I knew it could have been
difficult. And we saw signs of it I think midway through the second set
when I think for four straight games I didn't see much on his serve.
Then actually the rain delay kind of changed things around. I came out
and I was a bit more clear of how I was going to return him."

The 32-year-old Federer is bidding to win an unprecedented eighth title
at the All England Club. The Swiss has a 69-8 tournament record, winning
the title in 2003-’07, ’09 and ’12. His 17th and most recent Grand Slam
championship came two years ago on the lawns of Wimbledon, with victory
over Andy Murray.

That aside, what Federer was
more pleased about was sparing his parents another dose of nail-biting
drama - a year after suffering a shock second-round defeat.

Royal Box guests Lynette and Robbie Federer patiently sat through Nadal's nerve-shredding win over Czech Lukas Rosol before applauding Briton Heather Watson as she produced a gutsy display before going down in three sets to Germany's Angelique Kerber.

Almost five and a half hours after taking their seats did they finally get a glimpse of their son who is lauded the world over.

Federer then provided another reminder of how he amassed a record 17 grand slam titles.

He will either meet Marcel Granollers (ATP 30) or Santiago Giraldo (ATP 35) in the third round.